1 Samuel 17:18

1 Samuel 17:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
• New International Version (NIV)Take along these ten cheeses to the commander of their unit. See how your brothers are and bring back some assurance from them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Also take these ten cheeses to the commander of their thousand. See if your brothers are well, and bring some token from them."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And carry these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers fare, and bring back news of them.”

Context of 1 Samuel 17:18

16For 40 days, Goliath would stand up and insult the Israelite army every morning and every evening. 17One day, Jesse said to his son David, ‘Take some food to your brothers in the army. Here is a large bag of grain that we have cooked, and ten loaves of bread. Take them quickly to the army camp. Also take these ten pieces of cheese to the officer who leads their group of soldiers. Find out whether your brothers are well. Bring something back to me to show how they are. 19They are in Elah Valley with Saul and the Israelite army, where they are fighting against the Philistines.’ 20So David got up early the next morning. He left his father's sheep with another shepherd to take care of them. He did what his father had told him to do. He took the food to give to his brothers. When David arrived at the camp of the Israelite army, the soldiers were going out to fight. They were shouting their war songs while they went.

1 Samuel 17:18 word by word

וְ֠אֵת עֲשֶׂ֜רֶת חֲרִצֵ֤י הֶֽחָלָב֙ הָאֵ֔לֶּה תָּבִ֖יא לְשַׂר־הָאָ֑לֶף וְאֶת־אַחֶ֙יךָ֙ תִּפְקֹ֣ד לְשָׁל֔וֹם וְאֶת־עֲרֻבָּתָ֖ם תִּקָּֽח׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And carryבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• these tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
• cheesesחָרִיץchârîyts chârits · incisionH2757
• cheesesחָלָבchâlâb · milkH2461
• unto the captainשַׂרώar · rulerH8269
• thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• and lookפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: visitH6485
• how thy brethrenאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• fareשָׁלוֹםshâlôm shâlôm · peace: well-beingH7965
• and takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: bringH3947
• their pledgeעֲרֻבָּה‛ărûbbâh · pledgeH6161

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 17:18

• 1 Samuel 16:20So Jesse took some loaves of bread, a bag with wine in it, and a young goat. He put them on the back of a donkey and he sent them to Saul with his son David.
• 2 Samuel 17:29honey, cream, sheep and cheese made from cows' milk. They said, ‘The people have travelled through the desert. So they must be tired, thirsty and hungry.’
• Job 10:10You poured me like milk into my mother. There you put my body together, like milk that becomes cheese.
• Genesis 37:14So Jacob said to Joseph, ‘Go and see if your brothers are well. See if the sheep have enough grass to eat. Then come back and tell me news about them.’ Then Jacob sent Joseph from the Valley of Hebron to go to them.
• Acts 15:36After some time, Paul said to Barnabas, ‘We should go back to the towns where we already spoke the message about the Lord Jesus. Then we can visit the believers in all those places. We can see if they are doing well.’
• 1 Thessalonians 3:5That is why I had to send Timothy to come to you. I could not wait to hear news about you any longer. I wanted to know whether you still trusted Christ. I was afraid that Satan had deceived you. If he had made you turn away from Christ, our work among you would have had no results.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 17:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Carry these ten cheeses - Cheeses of milk, says the margin. In the East they do not make what we call cheese: they press the milk but slightly, and carry it in rush baskets. It is highly salted, and little different from curds.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18Take their pledge - i. e., bring back what they have to say in return.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-30Verses 12-30 Jesse little thought of sending his son to the army at that critical juncture; but the wise God orders actions and affairs, so as to serve his designs. In times of general formality and lukewarmness, every degree of zeal which implies readiness to go further, or to venture more in the cause of God than others, will be blamed as pride and ambition, and by none more than by near relations, like Eliab, or negligent superiors. It was a trial of…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. carry these ten cheeses to the captain--to enlist his kind attention. Oriental cheeses are very small; and although they are frequently made of so soft a consistence as to resemble curds, those which David carried seem to have been fully formed, pressed, and sufficiently dried to admit of their being carried. take their pledge--Tokens of the soldiers' health and safety were sent home in the convenient form of a lock of their hair, or piece of their…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 17:18

• Armies
• Captain
• Championship
• Cheese
• Food
• Jesse

In the dictionaries

• Arise
• Assay
• Carriage
• Cause
• Cheese
• Coat
• David
• Elhanan
• Jesse
• Naughtiness

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings